Year: 2022

Exclusive Trailer for Metrograph’s It Happens to Us: Abortion in American Film Sells the Urgent Moment

As millions brace for a legal decision that would irrevocably, detrimentally shape our future, it can be hard to localize the attendant feelings—fear, anger, h...

David Cronenberg Returns to Body Horror in Red Band Trailer for Crimes of the Future

With a Cannes 2022 premiere just around the corner, quickly followed by a U.S. release courtesy NEON, David Cronenberg's long-awaited Crimes of the Future is n...

NYC Weekend Watch: Abortion on Film, Ozu, Takahata, Varda & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. On the subject of Metrograph's "It Happens to Us," we also encourage donations to local aborti...

New to Streaming: Great Freedom, Anaïs in Love, Richard Linklater, Ahed’s Knee & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

Posterized May 2022: Lux Æterna, The Innocents, In Front of Your Face & More

Another month, another exciting selection of foreign and indie titles to combat the Hollywood machine (although it is nice to see the latter's big thre...

The B-Side – Gene Hackman (with Mitchell Beaupre)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

One of the First All-Women Bands Take the Stage in Exclusive Trailer for Fanny: The Right to Rock

Helping to pave the way for women in the music industry, yet with much of their story lost to history, the rock band Fanny is now deservedly getting the spotli...

First International Teaser for Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave

Marking Park Chan-wook's first feature since 2016's The Handmaiden, his forthcoming Cannes Film Festival premiere Decision to Leave is among our most-anticipat...

Dinner in America Trailer: Punk Anarchy Invades Midwest Suburbia

One of the more entertaining films I saw back at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was the punk rock rom-com Dinner in America. Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier ...

BAMcinemaFest 2022 Lineup Unveiled

One of the most well-curated festivals spotlighting indie filmmaking comes courtesy of BAM and their annual BAMcinemaFest, which takes place in person at BAM R...

News

Francis Ford Coppola Confirms Musical Megalopolis Follow-Up The Glimpses of the Moon

Kelly Reichardt to Direct Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, Acquired by MUBI

Go Behind-the-Scenes of Carol Reed’s The Third Man in Exclusive Photos From New Book Arriving on 75th Anniversary

Trailers

Blitz Trailer: Saoirse Ronan is Under Attack in Steve McQueen’s WWII Thriller

Robert Pattinson Respawns in First Trailer for Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17

Cillian Murphy Returns in First Trailer for Small Things Like These

Reviews

TIFF Review: Sylvia Chang’s Wonderful Performance Lifts Up Daughter’s Daughter

Venice Review: Jerry Lewis’ The Day the Clown Cried Emerges in From Darkness to Light

Venice Review: Kevin Costner Is Going Strong With Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Demonlover, Toute une nuit, First-Person Docs & More

New to Streaming: His Three Daughters, Last Summer, Coma, Cuckoo, Blink Twice & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

His Three Daughters Director Azazel Jacobs on Emotional Catharsis, Why He Can’t Shoot a Dying Scene, and the Craft of Acting

Look Into My Eyes Director Lana Wilson on Psychic Tradition vs. Therapy, the Loneliness of NYC, and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life

Jeremy Saulnier on Rebel Ridge, the Power of Information Deprivation, and Staying Energized Through Production Delays

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)